[AT] Grain cart ID (JD?)

[Cecil Bearden]

/It is a Grain O Vator
Cecil/

On 8/6/2022 5:32 PM, Stuart Harner wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Can anyone help identify this grain cart? John Deere based on the 
> color but no other info available. There are some rivets on the back 
> wall that looks like there many have been a data plate there but it is 
> gone.
>
> Previous owner claimed they were going to restore it but lost the rear 
> gear box and output auger. They had removed the rusted out bottom and 
> had a new pan made for it. Then installed it without so much as a 
> primer coat, then sat it outside for several years before selling to me.
>
> My intention is to use it for corn stove fuel storage so the vertical 
> auger is not so important. I figured I could fab up some kind of 
> housing with a gate that I could fill 5 gallon buckets from. The auger 
> is in rough shape and there is no bearing in the front but there is a 
> ring with 3 mounting bolts. I can fab up a bearing holder to replace 
> that. Figured I would cut the end off the auger and turn a new shaft 
> to fit a bearing.
>
> At some point I might search for the gearbox and vertical auger IF I 
> can find out what to look for.
>
> Any help or advice will be much appreciated,
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
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